Goodfella
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When the car is off something is draning the bat
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Something is draining my battery?
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The 1UZFE EGR Delete Kit is available for sale here.
So put a plug in it!
More seriously, do you visit clubs where you've never been, and don't know anyone, and make your "entrance" the same way you made your entrance here? I know y'all tend to be direct up there in MN, but a little intro goes a long way.
Anyway, there's two ways of finding your problem, depending on how much test equipment you have.
If you have a digital meter with a DC current probe, you can just hang the probe on the battery positive lead and see how much of a drain there is, then start pulling fuses until you find the circuit causing the drain, then trace it out from there.
If you don't have a DC current probe, but have a DVM, hook the negative lead to the battery negative, put the meter on ohms, then probe each fused circuit to see which ones have "some" resistance to ground with the ignition off. These are the ones leaking current. Depending on the quality of your DVM, you may be able to do this test with the positive lead still connected to your battery. If you get wacky results, you may have to disconnect the positive side.
Typically, aftermarket stuff that you or a PO installed is what causes battery drain. If you've done a car alarm recently, or a turbo timer, etc. look to those things first...... Shade tree wiring is never as good as OEM wiring.
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When the car is off something is draning the bat
So put a plug in it!
More seriously, do you visit clubs where you've never been, and don't know anyone, and make your "entrance" the same way you made your entrance here? I know y'all tend to be direct up there in MN, but a little intro goes a long way.
Anyway, there's two ways of finding your problem, depending on how much test equipment you have.
If you have a digital meter with a DC current probe, you can just hang the probe on the battery positive lead and see how much of a drain there is, then start pulling fuses until you find the circuit causing the drain, then trace it out from there.
If you don't have a DC current probe, but have a DVM, hook the negative lead to the battery negative, put the meter on ohms, then probe each fused circuit to see which ones have "some" resistance to ground with the ignition off. These are the ones leaking current. Depending on the quality of your DVM, you may be able to do this test with the positive lead still connected to your battery. If you get wacky results, you may have to disconnect the positive side.
Typically, aftermarket stuff that you or a PO installed is what causes battery drain. If you've done a car alarm recently, or a turbo timer, etc. look to those things first...... Shade tree wiring is never as good as OEM wiring.
Goodfella
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Great advice .. THANKS!
P.S Sorry for the poor intro..
P.S Sorry for the poor intro..
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If the battery is really draining, then follow Cribj's advice. But if it's not draining, then it could be either your alternator doesn't charge properly, or the battery doesn't hold the charge.
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